St. Maarten Expansion

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On the left, we are renovating a warehouse into a freezer. A new refrigerated loading dock will run all the way to the right connecting everything.

What will be the new freezer, with the last freezer addition to the right.

In the left, under the overhang, our current chill dock for loading delivery trucks. After its roof is raised it will become a Chill Room. The open door goes into the Dry warehouse.

This view is from the back-side of what will become the new freezer.

Pouring concrete for the footers for the cloumns that will help support the new loading dock's roof.

Snorkel truck pumps new Chill Dock's concrete foundation.

The guy in the red shirt is guiding the concrete flowing through the pipe from the pump truck.

Construction of new Customer Pick-up staging area, where orders are waiting on a push cart. Soon you will be able to load your order out of the rain.

Until the new dock is finshed, delivery trucks are loaded in the front.

Thats Tarzan, our Contractor, in the green shirt walking towards us.

Working on the new freezer's wall.

Preparing to pour the ring beam for the new freezer

Compacting the ground before pouring the Chill Dock floor.

Laying down the plastic vapor barrier.

Wire mesh to reinforce the concrete floor.

Cutting the wire mesh for the Dock.

Preparing the forms for theChill Dock wall concrete pour.

The door to the right goes into the Dry warehouse.

Digging the foundation for what will be where the loading doock doors will be located.

Pouring the slab for the new Chill Dock

The Rainy Season had delayed us for a week, before we got a break.

Evening out the concrete.

Leveling the just-poured slab.

Smoothing the Chill Dock pour

Finishing the Chill Dock's Floor

Now that the ring beam has cured, the walls for the new freezer can go up.

Laying block for the new freezer.

Let it harden

Chill Dock Slab Curing